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17 Jun 2010, 13:32

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Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.

A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speedingB. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speedingC. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speedingD. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speedsE. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds

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17 Jun 2010, 18:19

The answer should be 'B' because it is comparison by size which is taking place.

See 'grains of sand or of pebbles' is not correct because we can't say grains of pebbles (pebbles are small stones).actual parallelism here is 'often larger than X Or Y' which would then be 'grains of sand or pebbles'.Hence B.

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28 Jul 2011, 02:07

noboru wrote:

Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.

A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speedingB. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speedingC. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speedingD. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speedsE. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds

Clearly between A and B. What is your choice and why?

Why is the usage of which wrong in C...B and C according to me are exactly the same... which refers to 'grain' since 'of sand or pebbles' is a prepositional phrase....

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28 Jul 2011, 03:32

Because which refers to near word, so when we use which in "X or Y " construction, it is ambigues to ey to X or Y it reffers

siddhans wrote:

noboru wrote:

Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.

A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speedingB. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speedingC. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speedingD. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speedsE. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds

Clearly between A and B. What is your choice and why?

Why is the usage of which wrong in C...B and C according to me are exactly the same... which refers to 'grain' since 'of sand or pebbles' is a prepositional phrase....

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Can someone provide a detailed analysis on this question. Please explain each answer choice. Thanks!

Meteor showers and individual streaks of light that flash across the sky every night are generated when tiny flecks of celestial detritus, often no larger than grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding through the atmosphere.A. grains of sand or of pebbles, burn up speeding- Use of OF is incorrect. More over modifier SPEEDING creates confusion. Incorrect. B. grains of sand or pebbles, burn up while speeding - CorrectC. grains of sand or pebbles, which burn up while speeding - Placement of WHICH changes the meaning of the sentence because in this case WHICH refers to "a grain of sand or pebble" and means that sand or pebble burns rather than FLECKS burning. Thus IncorrectD. a grain of sand or pebble, which burns up as it speeds - Placement of WHICH changes the meaning of the sentence because in this case WHICH refers to "a grain of sand or pebble" and means that sand or pebble burns rather than FLECKS burning. Thus IncorrectE. a grain of sand or a pebble, burns up when it speeds- Its the tiny flecks that burns because FLECKS is plural, use of Singular pronoun & verb is incorrect. Thus Incorrect_________________

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